Dear everyone commenting on every article about big boobs on any blog (other than blogs specifically about lingerie fitting),
DD is a relatively small cup size, unless perhaps you have a 40 inch back. If you think you’re a DD, you either have smallish boobs, or you are wearing the wrong size.
DDD seems to be used as a general term to mean “anything over a D cup, which is spilling horribly over the cups of the ill-fitted bras I am forced to buy at department stores because I’ve never been properly fitted and have no idea what size my boobs really are.” Maybe work on that, ladies.
http://fullerfigurefullerbust.wordpress.com/2011/09/03/the-alphabet-does-not-stop-at-ddd/ xx
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ReplyDelete(although some US F bras are labeled DDD - I think Wacoal does this)
Ahhh true that. I guess a better distinction to make would be, DDD is a real cup size but is just the equivalent of the next cup size up. Sadly that's where the alphabet stops in the minds of so many Americans...
ReplyDeleteI'm showing this to my "big chested" friend who is currently wearing a 36D and should probably wear about a 34E or a 32F/G and telling me that my "small-to-average boobs" cannot be a DD-E cup!
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ReplyDeleteI love to point out to people that in a properly sized bra, an A cup has only ONE INCH difference between the band and cup, almost nothing at all. People are always completely shocked if they find out I'm a G cup because 'I don't look that big'. (And I wear a 34 or 36 band, so I'm not a skinny little mite either.)
Good point about the one inch difference! I never thought about that but I feel like that would make sense to people. I think there are many more true G cups than true A cups out there....
Delete...I hope you meant to say "Sadly that's where the alphabet stops in the minds of so many American [brands]". I live in the sates and I've never held the notion of "AA-DD and that's that". Grandted I always thought I was a 34C/D, not a 28F/FF. Sorry, but that statement was just a wee bit condescending. A lot of American companies/brands don't recognize the need for larger than a DD or DDD (Many brands over here use that sizing in replacement for E, so yes it is a real size) because they add inches to the band. And I think I can give you a good reason why. I have old bras from Victoria's Secret, Hanes, Gillian O'Malley, Calvin Klein, Aerie...their 34's actually measure the same as a 30 from Freya, even some of their looser 28's. The tags can explain this. Freya bras (and I usually use that brand as an example because I'm most familiar with them) have about 10% Lycra in their fabrics, some of them even 8%. The US brands I listed above have about 16% at the very least. This added elastic makes for more stretch, the bands are cut shorter. On the other hand they stretch much, much easier and wear out faster (that's probably where the idea of "cheap American bras" came from, because when it comes down to it, it's the same exact construction, and I've had bras that I wash in the machine from US companies last longer than a handwashed UK bra). With all that in mind, someone who wears a 30 in Freya could very well wear a 34 in these brands. The downside is because the band is so stretchy it is not as supportive and it will ride up after a few short wears or even throughout the day if you are wearing it for more than 10 hours. So adding 4" to a 29-30" ribcage would result in a 34 band and bring down the cup size. It would also result in a 30 band without adding anything.
ReplyDeleteI know there are still people who live in the USA believing anything over a DD is fake or non-existant...I deal with that from some of my aquaintances who think I'm flat because my wide, tall, full boobs don't stick out so I must not be that big. And of course those who think your bust size is the same as your band size. "I'm 35/36 inches." "Really? You're that big?" "No, I wear a 28." Some women just don't know that much when it comes to sizing, but there are still those of us out there who ARE educated in the matter...I'm sure you can find that in just about every country too. Yours just happens to have the company's headquarters located outside your front door. I shop online only, I'm not privileged. =/
Sorry that you found this post condescending. The point of the post is airing my frustration with people who perpetrate the stereotype that DD boobs are unbearably monstrous and impossible to deal with, but stubbornly resist information about sizing when it is placed before them. Obviously I'm not judging people who have never heard of bigger sizes, it's just people who are unwilling to change and make broad statements that make the rest of us feel like shit who irk me. Happens in the US and the UK.
DeleteI am American too, I happen to be in the UK for one year for study abroad, but I've lived my whole life in the US. That's why I am trying to test out so many bras this year when they are readily accessible, so I can be helpful to those in the US who have to order online. That's also why I always try to include the best and cheapest places to buy both in the UK and the US. I'm sorry to hear that didn't come across.